Our daily look at Blackhawks news and the happenings around the hockey world. Brent Seabrook is out and Jonathan Toews will miss his eighth consecutive game when the Blackhawks host the New York Rangers on Friday night at United Center. HAWKS **Seabrook, Toews out for Friday’s game vs. Rangers (SCH) **Faceoffs improving since dreadful start without Toews (Chicago Tribune) **Kruger gets rare chance to take on offensive role (Sun Times) **Semborski gets his own trading card (SCH) **NHL Network ranks Crawford 26th-best goalie ever (SCH) **Hjalmarsson, Kruger play Best Friends box...

CHICAGO -- In a surprising move that underscores the state of Henrik Lundqvist's recent play, Rangers head coach Alain Vigneault has chosen backup Antti Raanta to start Friday's game against the Blackhawks, the second of this road back-to-back.